Any suggestions for books to use to practice the wind controller?
Here are some suggestions for woodwind players: GP Telemann – 12 Fantasies for Flute Solo. Solo music that acrobatically jumps up and down about 2 octaves (the range of the Baroque flauto traverso). “24 Flute Concert Studies from the Works of JS Bach plus Flute Solos” (including the Mozart concertos) from Southern Music Company. The Bach preludes cover about three octaves. The Klose Celebrated Conservatory Method for Clarinet has tons of exercises to get people to play over the break. The Arban’s trumpet book have tons of exercises where you have to jump octaves (or wider intervals). Here are some suggestions for brass players trying to improve their skills on the EVI, MDT, or EWI4000s in EVI mode: Arban’s Complete Method and Robert Getchell’s Practical Studies Volume 1. A good practice book for the MDT or EVI is Bobby Shew’s Exercises and Etudes published by Balquhidder Music. Bobby’s book provides foundation exercises for jazz musicians: chords and scales for Major, Minor, Augmented,
